Masters winner Dustin Johnson, right, celebrates the victory by hugging his brother, and caddie, Austin Johnson
AUGUSTA (UNITED STATES) – Dustin Johnson proved to himself he can hold a last-day lead to win a major, taking the Masters title he most desired. And the world number one is just getting started.
Johnson delivered an impressive closing Sunday at Augusta National to win in record fashion, handling the tension to set a Masters 72-hole record of 20-under 268 with a final-round 68 for a five-stroke triumph.
“Growing up so close to here, since I played my first Masters, it’s been the tournament I wanted to win the most,” he said. “This one was just something that I really wanted to do.”
After going winless in four majors with a lead entering the last round, the kid who grew up an hour’s drive away now…
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